Exploring Hubbard Point’s Amazing Vistas, Teeming Life, and Rich History

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Exploring Hubbard Point

Loading up the field gear in Churchill, Manitoba
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A well-nourished polar bear at Hubbard Point.
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Beluga whales off Hubbard Point.
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Tent rings and caches at Hubbard Point
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Bones
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Peter Alareak, an Inuit elder.
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Kristin Westdal, a marine biologist with Oceans North Canada, conducts a shovel test with Peter Alareak of Arviat, Nunavut.
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One of the hazards of the job during the Arctic summer: mosquitoes
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Excavating a multifamily longhouse, from left: Johnny Mamgark, David Tassiuk, Peter Alareak, Luke Suluk, and Virginia Petch.
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Virginia Petch (right) discusses findings with Peter Alareak (left), Luke Suluk, and Johnny Mamgark.
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Preparing artifacts for carbon dating and other analyses at the lodge, from left: Virginia Petch, Luke Suluk, David Tassiuk, and Peter Alareak.
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A polar bear mother and cub.
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